IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Reserved on: January 30^th, 2025 Pronounced on: February 25^th, 2025 M/s Aakriti Construction and Development Limited and another .....Petitioners Versus M/s Aggarwal Shuttering Place .....Respondent

2. CRR No.425 of 2023 (O&M)

M/s Aakriti Construction and Development Limited and another .....Petitioners Versus M/s Aggarwal Shuttering Place .....Respondent

3. CRR No.627 of 2023 (O&M)

M/s Aakriti Construction and Development Limited and another .....Petitioners Versus M/s Aggarwal Shuttering Place and another .....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANJARI NEHRU KAUL Argued by: Mr. Vishal Garg Narwana, Mr. Rahul Gupta, Mr. Aman Mittal, Mr. Vikas Barala, Mr. Vazir Singh Mor, and Mr. Minku Sangwan, Advocates, for the petitioners.

Mr. Hitesh Chauhan, Advocate for Mr. Suresh Kumar Kaushik, Advocate for the respondent.

Mr. Rajat Gautam, Additional Advocate General, Haryana.

MANJARI NEHRU KAUL , J .

The petitioners have approached this Court seeking a modification of the sentence imposed upon him in three separate cases arising out of complaints under Section 138 of The Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘N.I. Ac